3 Stocks Dragging In The Computer Software & Services Industry

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Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading down 22 points (-0.1%) at 16,065 as of Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, 11:45 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,030 issues advancing vs. 1,883 declining with 116 unchanged.

The Computer Software & Services industry currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is unchanged.

TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry lower today:

3. Sap ( SAP) is one of the companies pushing the Computer Software & Services industry lower today. As of noon trading, Sap is down $0.76 (-0.9%) to $81.96 on light volume. Thus far, 131,117 shares of Sap exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $81.78-$82.16 after having opened the day at $82.14 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $82.72.

SAP AG provides enterprise application software and software-related services worldwide. It offers products in applications, analytics, cloud, mobile, and database and technology categories. Sap has a market cap of $99.5 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 2.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Sap a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Sap as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels, compelling growth in net income, expanding profit margins and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full Sap Ratings Report now.